core.telegram.org - URL scan, 22 Aug 2026
MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble scanned core.telegram.org and returned a benign verdict (score 0). The page resolved to 149.154.167.99 on Telegram Messenger Network in NL. The domain was registered 8286 days ago through GoDaddy.com, LLC. 8 domains and 2 IPs were contacted, over 5 HTTP requests. 3 malware samples communicate with this URL (HUILoader). The request followed 1 redirect before landing. This is a point-in-time observation from 22 Aug 2026; the page may have changed since.
Scan result
- Verdict: benign (score 0) · Confidence 15%
- Scanned URL:
https://api.telegram.org/ - Domain: core.telegram.org · IP: 149.154.167.99 · AS62041 · NL
- Server: nginx/1.30.1
- Page title: Bots: An introduction for developers
- HTTP status: 200 · text/html; charset=utf-8
- Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC · domain age 8286 days · created 2003-12-15
- TLS issuer: C=US, ST=Arizona, L=Scottsdale, O=GoDaddy.com, Inc., OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 · valid to Sep 12 13: · subject CN=*.telegram.org
- HTTP requests captured: 5
- Scan tier: fast · observed 2026-08-22 16:52:58 UTC
Redirect chain
https://api.telegram.org/https://core.telegram.org/bots
Malware communicating with this URL (3)
These samples were observed contacting or being served from core.telegram.org. Each links to its full analysis.
- HUILoader - referenced ·
fd24fbbd0e9f84145ec6adaa4fa5e194· first seen 2026-08-22 - 8a5283e1185b65dbe27a80e1160c3c6d74d7b2b9f617d56b0f6b3e08df34a116 - contacted ·
8a5283e1185b65dbe27a80e1160c3c6d· first seen 2026-08-22 - HUILoader - referenced ·
59865cc49604fe2eed1886a5e0611304· first seen 2026-08-13
Antivirus & YARA (0 of 48 engines)
No engine flagged this page's content.
Why this verdict
- Valid TLS, no impersonation or off-origin credential post
Detected technologies
- Nginx
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
Contacted infrastructure
- 149.154.167.99 - AS62041 Telegram Messenger Network (Netherlands)
- 149.154.166.110 - AS62041 Telegram Messenger Network (Netherlands)
Observed indicators
- core.telegram.org
- x.com
- telegram.org
- t.me
- desktop.telegram.org
- macos.telegram.org
- translations.telegram.org
- instantview.telegram.org
- 149.154.167.99
- 149.154.166.110
- https://core.telegram.org/bots
- https://core.telegram.org/img/website_icon.svg?4
- https://core.telegram.org/img/apple-touch-icon.png
- https://core.telegram.org/img/favicon-32x32.png
- https://core.telegram.org/img/favicon-16x16.png
- https://core.telegram.org/img/favicon.ico
- https://core.telegram.org/css/bootstrap.min.css?3
- https://core.telegram.org/css/telegram.css?254
- https://core.telegram.org/css/telegram-theme.css?7
- https://x.com/telegram
Other scans of core.telegram.org (10)
This host has been scanned before. Each scan is a separate observation, so a verdict here does not carry over to the others.
- 23 Aug 2026 - benign
- 23 Aug 2026 - benign ·
https://telegram.org/ - 22 Aug 2026 - benign
- 22 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://proxy-telegram.543333.xyz/ - 22 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://proxy-telegram.dwork.workers.dev/ - 22 Aug 2026 - benign
- 22 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://worker-old-credit-fcad-telegram.simi.workers.dev/ - 21 Aug 2026 - unknown ·
https://telegrambot.hoomancoding.workers.dev/ - 15 Aug 2026 - benign ·
https://telegram.org/ - 15 Aug 2026 - benign ·
https://telegram.org/
Questions about core.telegram.org
- Is core.telegram.org safe?
- The scan of core.telegram.org on 22 Aug 2026 found no evidence of harm. That is the absence of a finding at one point in time, not a guarantee: a page can change, and a scan only sees what it was served.
- What malware is associated with core.telegram.org?
- 3 analysed samples communicate with this URL, including HUILoader.
- How was core.telegram.org checked?
- A static pass resolved DNS, captured TLS and headers and followed the redirect chain, and where the fast tier allows, a headless browser rendered the page and recorded every request. Egress is SSRF-locked. Signatures that matched only page text are weighted far below one that matched a served file, because a page documenting malware matches the same rules.
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